The Penn's Grove record., 1887-05-07

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The ethereal mildness on Tuesday and
Wednesday made vegetation jump.
The P~enusgroye Comet Band and the
Red Men will make a joint excursion
to Atlantic City this year IN August
l1th.
Josiah A. Kidd, Jr., has bought Il
house and lot Of his father adjoining
his fathers residence at Union cor
ner.
David &. Simpkins, who has been in
the Bay. fishing, arrived home on
Thursday evening very sick With the
erysipelas.
Riverview Cemetery is now being
laid off in lots which are now offered
for sale on application 10 J. d. Torton,
Superintendent.
All who desire to be insured IN the
Queen company can do SO by applying
to J. W. Trumbull or his brother A.
j. Trmnbull, the news agent.
The farmers friend and the ladies'
~favorile watering pots, and improved
iron boiler, plain and proclean lined,
can be found at1}ced's. Turner'S Hall.
The Ladies Aid Society of the NJ. p.
Church will hold a strawberry festival
in the basement Of The Bethel church
on Saturday evening May l4th, tor
the benefit of the pastor.
Henry Fowl who fshed d seine at
Jarney's Point and John Patton, d
giller, had their nets badly cut by The
tug Frank Pigeon, Jr., the former on
Tuesday and the latter Oh Wednesday
night.
Heretofore the Sabbath services at
the Bethel n. r. Church have been
Sabbath school in The forenoon ana
preaching ii the afternoon. Hereaf-
ter the services will be changed to
preaching at 1870 a. Nj, AID $50 z.
NJ, and Sabbath school al $50 Z. NJ.
On Monday evening Mr.. r. Z. Par
vim, vent out lishing to provide for
his family. When lie arrived heme
about 9 O'Clock he was greatly surpris-
ed to find The ore little herring he
had caught was not at all in proportion
to the large tncrease in his family while
gone. His Sabbath school class had
made him a visit.
Charles Pedrick, who had bis little
| finger amputated after being cut near
" off by e. e. Barber's wood worker
has been suffering greatly the past week
from the wonud. EIysipelas set IN
and swelled his ara very large. lie is
still in a critical condition with IL
chance OF recovery ii his constitution
will stand the tax on it.
Milton e. son of Rev. J. W. Grant,
pastor Of the NJ. z. Chur5h, was given
a reception by his friends and members
of The church ON his arrival home on
IA vacation on Il e~duesday evening from
Westminster Theological Seminary,
Nd. Refreshments were served and
presents presented. The young Dominic
will fill his fathers place in the Bethel
pulpit tomorrow evening, HIS friends
will be pleased to heal That he stands
at the head Of his classes.
The steamer Delaware is now al
Wilmington being oyerhauled previous
to resuming her trips on The Salem and
Philadelphia line i'll about Il week.
For a while she will leave Salem, ii is
said, about an hourlater than the Bey-
bold for the purpose OF carrying way
freight only. The freights are So heavy
that one boat cannot carry it al and
make good time. The Reyb0ld will
carry only through freight.
Daniel T. Leonard. who Ii IS been fish
ing for sturgeon III Chesapeake bay dur
ing the early part OF spring arrived
home on Saturday evening. He reports
a good season and plenty Of ish there
but as the price of sturgeon has fallen
to four cents per pound it was not prof
table to fish there any longer. He will
try it in the Delaware river for Il
month and then go to Canada to fish.
Considerable travel and traffic toand
from Wilmington began on Tuesday
when the Mccall began running. The
market women, who have better business
qualifications than many men, began
taking last years sweet potatoes over.
| Some will follow going to market as
long as the boat runs next fall. What
an example of thrift and perseverance
for a livelihood they set
VIM. Il. Garrison, Secretary and
| Treasurer of tie paryin Iron Wagon
Co, showed us this week a handsome
medal the company had just received
from the West Jersey Agricultural
and Horticultural Association this
week as a reward o superiority for
their wagons al the Fair last fall. II
cause the genial Treasurer's counte-
nance to be wreathed with as many
smiles as the medal is with laurels.
Some of the sturgeon fishermen were
home on Saturday from BtysiGe. They
reported no fish of any account, only
about 100 having been shipped IRON
there up TO that. The season looked
gloomy for them AS the price of stur-
geon meat has fallen so low. Word
was received this week that the catch
was good on Monday, Thos.J. Torton's
nets having caught abont 30 sturgeon
and Henry Blohm's about the same,
Messrs. j. T. Mnllin & Son, the pop
ular and reliable clo;iiers, Of Whining
ton, have made extensive improvements
in their business departments this
spring. TIE features consist Of the
addition of a large room on The second
story, the size Of tile main or sales
ronrn an fba first AnOr Which il >et